Audience 8.9 - A pleasant surprise to hear how good this one is. I was not expecting it, for some reason. Nice and clear, with healthy atmosphere (ie. polite audience), and dynamics that, while not approaching anything symphonic, are well intact and discernable. Genesis Stadthalle Offenbach, Germany January 31st, 1974 Disc 1 01. Watcher Of The Skies 02. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 03. The Cinema Show 04. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 05. Firth Of Fifth Disc 2 06. Harold The Barrel 07. The Musical Box 08. More Fool Me 09. Supper's Ready

Rockford - Soundboard 9.6 - Overflowing with reckless power, this recording literally leaps out of the speakers and ROCKS your balls off! More like this please!! Long Beach - Audience 9.4 - A recording that rivals any soundboard tape, it has all the energy, dynamics, clarity, atmosphere, and feel you can ask for and more. I hope the band gets a chance to hear this one, if they haven't already. I am sure they would be astounded. CHEAP TRICK ROCKFORD ARMORY ROCKFORD, IL. OCTOBER 31, 1977 Disc 1 01. INTRO - HELLO THERE 02. COME ON COME ON 03. ELO KIDDIES 04. TAXMAN MR THIEF 05. OH CANDY 06. YOUR ALL TALK 07. SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE 08. BIG EYES 09. SOUTHERN GIRLS 10. DOWNED 11. LOSER 12. AIN'T THAT A SHAME 13. PLEASE MRS HENRY Disc 2 14. I WANT YOU TO WANT ME 15. HE'S A WHORE 16. DOWN ON THE BAY 17. GOODNIGHT NOW 18. CLOCK STRIKES TEN 19. AUF WIEDERSEHEN Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA December 31, 1977 20. Big Eyes 21. Southern Girls 22. Downed 23. High Roller 24. Ain't That A Shame 25. Oh Caroline 26. Clock Strikes Ten 27. Auf Wiedersehen 28. He's A Whore 29. Goodnight THE BAND Robin Zander lead vocals guitar Rick Nielsen lead guitar vocals Tom Petersson 12 string bass vocals Bun E. Carlos drums

Audience 8.8 - A pretty decent recording which might be a touch on the thin side as the deepness of bass is lacking, but still enough meat on the bones to be worthy of the collection. Vocals come through clearly, drums do sound good too and the overall sound mix is very even. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen, Germany 1973-04-10 Disc 1 101 Intro 102 Abaddon's Bolero 103 Karn Evil 9 104 Jeremy Bender - The Sheriff 105 Tarkus - Epitaph 106 Aquatarkus 107 Take A Pebble 108 Still You Turn Me On 109 You Can Sing My Song 110 Lucky Man 111 Piano Improvisation 112 Take A Pebble (Conclusion) Disc 2 201 Hoedown 202 Pictures At An Exhibition 203 Toccata 204 Drums & Percussion Solo 205 Rondo 206 Finale

Audience 9.0 - This is actually how The Bangles should sound live. This is as punk as I have heard them. The guitar tone is killer, the drums are bare bones and perfect...vocals delivered directly into my ears like sweet butter spread on an ear of corn. The Bangles Marquee Club London, England February 20, 1985 01. Silent Treatment 02. All About You 03. Live 04. The Real World 05. James 06. Restless 07. Where We're You When I Needed You 08. I'm In Line 09. He's Got A Secret 10. Going Down To Liverpool 11. Tell Me 12. Hero Takes A Fall 13. Want You 14. I'm Not Talking 15. 7 & 7 Is 16. Dover Beach 17. I'm Going Home 18. How Is The Air Up There 19. Pushin' To Hard

Audience 8.7 - A recording that won't set the night on fire but will provide enough warmth and light to keep you in front of it. I only noticed some issues with how the cymbals sounded, to me it almost sounded like tape hiss - I had to really concentrate to tell what it was at first, but, it does seem to be Keith banging away incessantly as he is known to do. Towards the end of the tape, the cymbal anomaly seems to get worse. It is still a decent old tape. The Who "We Don't Know What To Play" 11th March 1976 Madison Square Garden New York Disc 1 01 - Introduction 02 - I Can't Explain 03 - Substitute 04 - My Wife 05 - Baba O'Riley 06 - Squeeze Box 07 - Behind Blue Eyes 08 - Slip Kid 09 - Dreaming From The Waist 10 - Magic Bus Disc 2 11 - Tommy Medley 12 - Summertime Blues 13 - My Generation 14 - Won't Get Fooled Again 15 - Encore 16 - Road Runner 17 - Let's See Action 18 - Naked Eye

Boston 1973 - Soundboard 9.7 - Professionally recorded for broadcast, as you can expect with a jazz rock combo the sound has to be extraordinary due to the nature of the musicianship and sound they each produce - in other words it is easier to manage the sound when it isn't over distorted and ear-splittingly loud. This is, as a result, a lovely sounding tape (during the quiet sections there is some minor tape noise in the background but it disappears as soon as the music starts). New York 1974 - Audience 9.0 - I had a hard time figuring out whether this was an aud or a soundboard because of the proximity of the vocals. I determined it had to be a semi-professional audience recording because of the crowd responses being pretty well picked up in the tape after songs...if it was a board tape that would not be as audible (if at all). But it could still easily pass as a board tape if you didn't take that into account - so is it a board tape? It is very good for this venue, Carnegie Hall acoustics did not lend themselves well to loud rock music, if this is indeed an audience tape they did a fantastic job! Return To Forever Jazz Workshop Boston, MA, USA May 15th, 1973 Disc 1 01. Announcer intro 0:28 02. Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy 3:39 03. Chick introduces the band 1:23 04. Spain 13:49 05. CC intro 0:50 06. Sometime Ago 31:08 Chick Corea - Fender Rhodes Stanley Clarke - bass Bill Connors - guitar Steve Gadd - drums Mingo Lewis - congas and percussion Disc 2 Carnegie Hall, New York, NY July 3, 1974 1. Applause - Ambiance 1:40 2. Beyond the Seventh Galaxy 3:18 3. Song Intro by Chick Corea 2:08 4. Song to the Pharoah Kings 15:42 5. Song Intro by Chick Corea 0:51 6. The Shadow of Lo 9:48 7. Song Intro by Stanley Cl… 0:52 8. Where Have I Known You B… 6:09 9. Stanley Clarke bass solo 5:12 10. Song Intro 0:43 11. The Vulcan Empire 10:05 12. Closing Announcements 1:47 Chick Corea - keyboards Stanley Clarke - bass Al DiMeola - guitar Lenny White - drums

Audience 9.0 - This recording has a real vintage feel to it, like a fine antique it is a little brassy but nice and clear with enough dynamic to get a feel for the mood and the times. This is well worth the listen, and fine playing as always by the band. Jethro Tull The Forum Inglewood, CA July 21, 1973 Disc 1 Act 1: Ronnie Pilgrim's Funeral — A Winter's Morning In The Cemetery 01 Lifebeats - Prelude 02 The Silver Cord 03 Re-Assuring Tune Act 2: The Memory Bank — A Small But Comfortable Theatre With A Cinema-Screen (The Next Morning) 04 Memory Bank 05 Best Friends 06 Critique Oblique 07 A Forest Dance #1 Interlude: The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles 08 The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles Act 3: The Business Office of G. Oddie & Son (Two Days Later) 09 A Forest Dance #2 10 The Foot of Our Stairs 11 Overseer Overture Act 4: Magus Perdé's Drawing Room At Midnight 12 Flight From Lucifer 13 10:08 To Paddington 14 Magus Perdé 15 Epilogue 16 Thick As A Brick (The Middle Bit) Disc 2 17 Cross-Eyed Mary 18 No Rehearsal 19 Thick As A Brick (Reprise) - Drum Solo 20 Aqualung 21 Wind-Up 22 Instrumental 23 Guitar Solo 24 Locomotive Breath - Hard-Headed English General 25 Wind-Up (Reprise)

Audience 9.2 - One thing you get from a great audience tape that a soundboard can't reproduce is how the vocals actually sound. What I mean is that when a signal goes directly from mic to board, it's going to be nothing like what the vocalist will sound like to the audience. The PA system translates vocals to the ears the way the band wants it to sound like, and therefore a truer representation of the live sound that you go to a show to get. This tape delivers that and more - atmosphere, and great individual instruments (especially drums), this is really good stuff. Heart St. Paul Civic Center St. Paul, MN 12-05-1987 Disc 1 1. Bad Animals (6:09) 2. The Wolf (5:26) 3. Barracuda (4:14) 4. Nothin' At All (5:08) 5. What About Love (4:53) 6. Dreamboat Annie (4:08) 7. These Dreams (4:41) 8. Straight On (3:57) 9. Even It Up (4:59) 10. I Want You So Bad (5:14) Disc 2 1. Wait For An Answer (5:06) 2. Who Will You Run To (4:45) 3. Never (4:06) 4. How Can I Refuse (4:51) 5. Crazy On You (5:15) 6. If Looks Could Kill (5:29) 7. Bebe Le Strange (3:19) 8. Magic Man (3:08) 9. Alone (4:11) 10. Rock And Roll (6:21)

Soundboard 9.0 -A somewhat confusing mix, almost as if a ghost is present in the board! Well what it actually is might not be that spooky at all, just the effects loop they use for what seems to be the kick drum, or drums in general. It's their signature, a background "noise" the resembles phasing, and gives the band a unique sound. Does it work for a soundboard tape is the question - and I think it can be slightly distracting but it's not used continuously. Other than that I think this is quite OK. Ghost Maximus Fest Tecnopolis Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017.05.06 01. Masked Ball (Intro) 02. Square Hammer 03. From the Pinnacle to the Pit 04. Ritual 05. Cirice 06. Year Zero 07. Absolution 08. Mummy Dust Daniel P. Carter's BBC Rock Show Maida Vale Studios London, England November 8th, 2013 09. Prime Mover 10. Jigolo Har Megiddo 11. Year Zero 12. If You Have Ghosts

Studio Quality 8.6-9.5 - I was not expecting this to be anywhere near this good. I kinda just assumed it would be a collection of 4th gen cassette tape garbled noise. It's far from noisy and garbled, it's actually DAMN good! Maybe two or three tracks out of the lot are a bit less clear and dynamic, but those are the minority here. All in all, this set rocks! Exodus Demos & Outtakes 1982-1986 Disc 1 1. Pleasures Of The Flesh 2. Seeds Of Hate 3. Brain Dead 4. Bonded By Blood 5. Impaler 6. Exodus 7. Piranha 8. And Then There Were None 9. Metal Command 10. Death Row 11. Strike Of The Beast 12. No Love 13. Deliver Us To Evil 14. A Lesson In Violence 15. Strike Of The Beast Disc 2 1. Bonded By Blood 2. Strike Of The Beast 3. Exodus 4. And Then There Were None 5. Bonded By Blood 6. Death Row 7. Hell's Breath 8. Die By His Hand 9. No Love 10. Die By His Hand (live) 11. Endor (live) 12. Whipping Queen 13. Death And Domination 14. Warlords

Audience 8.7 - No other recordings strikes me the same way this one does. The best way to describe it is...it makes you feel like these sounds have travelled through a worm hole to reach us, having been hurtling through the past, space, time, to get to your ears again now. You hear the atmosphere of ancient Rome, the Pantheon, the theatre, the crowds, the GUITAR...echoing, then landing like a punch in the face. But, there's problems sometimes when travelling through time and space, you don't always come out completely intact as this old tape clearly shows. Does that mean it's bad? Quite contrary! I was mesmerized and listened to the whole thing. It's not great, it's not bad, it's not going to win any contests but it is UNIQUE and a blast to hear. I'm in Rome in 1972 at a Who concert and my seats are on Pete's side of the stage and I am getting my wish to be smothered by the delicious sounds of a Gibson SG in the hands of a maniac genius at full volume. How can you not want to know about this? It is well worth having. The Who Roma Palaeur Rome,Italy September 14th, 1972 Disc One 1) I Can't Explain 2) Summertime Blues 3) My Wife 4) Baba O'Riley (Cut, Incomplete Song) 5) Behind Blue Eyes 6) Bargain (Cut, Incomplete Song) 7) Won't Get Fooled Again (Fades Out) Disc Two 1) Magic Bus (Fades In) 2) Relay 3) Pinball Wizard (Cut, Incomplete Song) 4) See Me, Feel Me (Cut, Incomplete Song) 5) My Generation 6) Naked Eye (Cut, Incomplete Song, Fades Out)

Audience 8.8 - I am SO relieved that the sound quality here is good, because for me I do not really collect Tom Petty recordings, I mean I like him fine but I just had way to much other stuff I needed to listen to...BUT if you pointed me to something different, I suppose I would take you up on it and so that is what this is. I must say, it's really interesting! Quality-wise it's really fine, and very immersive (yes, you know you are rubbing shoulders with a boatload of people) but I find it wasn't off-putting at all. Now for the great news! The parts with Stevie Nicks are as great as you would have hoped them to be. Yes!!! Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (with Stevie Nicks) Compton Terrace Phoenix, AZ 1985-07-30 Disc 1 01. American Girl 02. Listen To Her Heart 03. Dogs On The Run 04. You Got Lucky 05. It Ain't Nothin' To Me 06. Don't Do Me Like That 07. The Waiting 08. The Best Of Everything 09. Change Of Heart Disc 2 10. Don't Come Around Here No More 11. I Need To Know * 12. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around * 13. Not Fade Away * 14. Spike 15. Refugee 16. Little Bit O'Soul 17. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star * with Stevie Nicks Band lineup: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Howie Epstein, Stan Lynch; special guest: Stevie Nicks on tracks 11-13

London Audience 8.7 - A decent recording that remains consistent throughout. Everything comes through, albeit not with a lot of detailed anything, just good overall clarity and decent mix. I would commend the taper because I know he had to have battled with the Hammersmith Odeon acoustics, loud audience, louder band, and consumer grade gear and yet still managed a good capture. Brussels Audience 8.9 - This is a strong recording and finds the band performing at a very high level. Good sound balance, and though you get a sense of the sheer volume, it does not stress the tape. Queensryche Europe 1984 Disc 1 Hammersmith Odeon London, England 10/4/84 01. Nightrider 02. Prophecy 03. Deliverance 04. NM 156 05. En Force 06. Before The Storm 07. Guitar Solo 08. Blinded 09. Warning 10. Take Hold Of The Flame 11. Queen Of The Reich Disc 2 Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium 1984-10-19 01. Nightrider 02. Prophecy 03. Deliverance 04. NM 156 05. En Force 06. Before The Storm 07. Guitar Solo 08. Blinded 09. The Lady Wore Black 10. Warning 11. Take Hold Of The Flame 12. Queen Of The Reich Lineup Geoff Tate - vocals Chris DeGarmo - guitars Michael Wilton - guitars Eddie Jackson - bass Scott Rockenfield - drums

Studio Quality 9.8 - Crystal clear, thumping goodness! Prince Purple Rehearsal Jams Vol 3 Purple rehearsals and soundchecks Disc 1 01 Crystal Ball (1987) 02 Empty Room (2014) 03 Hallucination Rain (1994) 04 Midnight Blues (2013) 05 I Got Some Help I Don't Need (1985) 06 Extraloveable (2013) 07 Rebirth of The Flesh (1988) Disc 2 08 U Got The Look (1987) 09 Endorphinmachine (1994) 10 Days of Wild (1995) 11 The Max (2013) 12 Temptation #2 (1984) 13 The Question of U (1988) 14 Adore

Audience 9.5 - Astounding for a 1970 era audience tape, it's got amazing atmosphere and plenty of headroom. The balance here is really good with vocals where they should be, which is very up front, but drums sound fantastic here and the piano sounds perfectly mixed between the two. I can't find too much to complain about with this one. Fantastic! Elton John Swing Auditorium San Bernardino, CA, USA December 5, 1970 01 Your Song 4:29 02 Bad Side of the Moon 4:17 03 Border Song 3:16 04 Can I Put You On 8:02 05 Country Comfort 5:05 06 Sixty Years On 7:03 07 Honky Tonk Women 4:20 08 Burn Down The Mission > My Baby Left Me > Get Back > I Wanna Take You Higher 21:29 Elton John - Piano, Vocals Dee Murray - Bass, Vocals Nigel Olsson - Drums, Vocals

Soundboard 9.7 - A killer one in every way, including an absolutely devastating performance delivered by the band. This is peak Triumph, and simply a must have. TRIUMPH August 19th, 1979 Chicago, Illinois Aragon Ballroom 01. American Girls 02. Street Fighter 03. Hold On 04. Lay it on the Line 05. Blinding Light Show 06. intro - speech 07. Rock and Roll Machine - Guitar Solo 08. 24 Hours A Day 09. Takes Time Rik Emmett-guitar/vocals Mike Levine-bass/vocals Gil Moore-drums/vocals